"After admitting the hit-and-run, etc." Kim Ho-joong's first trial ended in 13 minutes
Jul 10, 2024
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According to the legal community, Kim Ho-joong attended the first hearing of the case of dangerous driving injuries under the Specific Crime Weighted Punishment Act, which was held at 2:30 p.m. on the 10th at the Seoul Central District Court's Criminal Chamber 26.
On this day, Kim Ho-joong entered the defendant's seat, limping one leg in a black suit. It has been 40 days since he was sent to the prosecution.
Kim Ho-joong answered the question of the court "What is your job" and bowed his head and listened to the prosecution's reading of the indictment.
However, Kim Ho-joong's lawyer told the court on the same day that `I have not yet read and copied the records' and that `I will reveal them on the next date' and that the trial ended in just 13 minutes.
Kim Ho-joong's lawyers, who conducted the first trial on the day, consisted of lawyers Jeon Sang-gui, Cho Wan-woo, and Dong-in, a law firm specializing in the automobile field. Dongin, a law firm, is a large law firm specializing in criminal cases that includes a large number of senior judges and prosecutors, and was in charge of the case when Kim Ho-joong's fandom filed a complaint against the haters in 2020.
As a result, the court decided to hold another hearing on August 19 to hear Kim Ho-joong's specific position.
Lawyers for Lee Kwang-deuk, the head of the agency, and Jeon, the head of the division, and Jang, the manager, who were also accused of trying to cover up Kim Ho-joong's hit-and-run accident, said "We acknowledge all the accusations."
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Meanwhile, Kim Ho-joong is accused of drinking at around 11:40 p.m. on May 9, driving a vehicle on the road in Apgujeong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and running away without any action after colliding with an oncoming taxi.
Later, it was revealed that he tried to cover up the drunk driving by changing the driver and damaging the vehicle's black box memory card, and Kim Ho-joong was arrested along with the head of the agency and the head of the division.
However, Kim Ho-joong's charge of drunk driving was ruled out at the prosecution stage. In response, a prosecution official said "As Kim Ho-joong drank several times at a time interval, the police could not confirm the drinking level only by the way they calculated reversely."," he was quoted as saying.
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